The weekend arrives. You\u2019re finally free! Free to go home and … do the laundry, mow the lawn, fix that leaky faucet, do all those exciting chores that have been piling up. Oh, what joy.<\/p>\n
A new Redmond business, The Conciergerie, has been created to ease your burdens. Alyssa Hagen, personal concierge\/proprietor, and her assistants are available on an hourly basis to take charge of your errands, yard work, pet care, house sitting, vacation planning or pretty much anything that\u2019s bogging you down.<\/p>\n
Hagen, who graduated from Eastlake High School and majored in English at Seattle University, was formerly an administrative assistant at Microsoft.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was doing marketing support for a large staff,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Much of her job involved running errands, planning events and tying up loose ends for others.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn October, I came off a maternity leave and decided I wanted to give more personal service to help people make more of their free time. We all have those \u2018to-do\u2019 lists that grow and grow, especially when you have kids. If you can off load some of that to a trusted personal assistant, you can spend more time on the things that really matter,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
She lives in the Redmond Ridge area and her staff members are also locals with an eclectic array of skills.<\/p>\n
Among her unusual specialists is someone who delivers singing telegrams, \u201cwhether it\u2019s singing \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 to your mom, or going to your boyfriend\u2019s office to sing \u2018Hit the Road, Jack,\u2019 when you want to break up,\u201d she commented, laughing.<\/p>\n
More often, however, people want help with things like organizing a closet.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne gentleman called us and said, \u2018I want you to do as much ironing as you can, for two hours.\u2019 He was ecstatic! He had responded to an ad that said, \u2018What is it you\u2019re not looking forward to on your commute home?\u2019\u201d Hagen said.<\/p>\n
Another request came from a frantic student at Columbia University who was running for the office of student body president. He wanted a campaign T-shirt but didn\u2019t have time to get one made. Hagen ran over to Redmond\u2019s Ben Franklin craft store, bought a shirt, ironed something onto it and got it back to him within 24 hours.<\/p>\n
He, too, was thrilled and sent her a fan e-mail, \u201cKeep up the stunning work, can\u2019t wait until I think of another way for The Conciergerie to make my day!\u201d<\/p>\n
The usual charge for The Conciergerie\u2019s services is $35 an hour, or more for rush requests. Services (8 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday-Saturday) can generally be arranged with 24 hours\u2019 notice. E-mail alyssa@TheConciergerieSeattle.com or call (425) 788-3192.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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